Hair-brush



G. OHANIAN.

HAIR BRUSH.

APPLICAUON FILED MAR. 11. 1921.

Patented Sept. 20,1921.

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" Specification 01" Letters P atentq Patented Sept. 20, 192 1.

s; gspplieaflmnledrlarch 1.7;, 1921. sSeriaLNo. 452,918.

V tion,;;such as willienable; others skilled in the art to which;itappertainslounake andq 'llhegbrushgl employ is, in general appearusethe; same;

- gAnothe-r and impo V vention is to provide abrushyhejad and han-g. dleof Y the aforesaid constructionr wher'e1n This-invention,relatesztqganimproved-hair;

brush, and has for ;i, ts -object,--toprovide a. device of this :class--;wherein the head and handle is made up; of; .hingedly ,OQHIIBCtGCl-aseparable sections, oneiof which is formed. in its inner fflCQjf'Wi-tha' plurality.-ofre-I cesses shaped toconformjto and receive dif- I'i.

:on its :outer. face. witha-bristles i-l On its Annex face, thisseotionflis equipped with, a-

ferent kinds:-of---.toilet articles; or other implements, therebyenabling the, brush to: servethe-additional: function of an implee 't=4,themajority ofthese-recessesbeing formed ;in the head-portion of thebrush, being elongated and disposed-in spaced parallelrelament holder. 7

-' each r'ecess is;.-formed atone end. with anundercut forming ashoulder, beneath which one endof the'articleetherein extends, separate;pivoted-;.-fasteners co-acting .withthe opposite: ends-of the articlev.toretain them in the. recesses, ai1dsprings,preferab ly fiat ..ones,being arranged-in thebottorns of the recessesto automatically reject thearticles from the recesses when the fasteners are'released; r

is advantageous slnce 1t becomesfliunnecesa The employment of, ,thesesprings saryto pry or otherwise force the articles from therecessesaswould otherwise be nec essary, as these articles have their outer facesflush with the face of the brush section in which the recesses areformed to permit the sections to be folded into a close and tightengagement with one another.

A further object of the invention is to provide a brush head and handleof the aforesaid construction, wherein the cover section is equippedwith a mirror.

Other objects and advantages of the in- V vention will be apparentduring the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a tat-e I rtantobject; of: thein-j a n thrusha constructed inqaccordance with this .-i1 lYQI Q 1,'2;ShOW1I1g the separable 1 sections gennected together.

I=;;,F1g;. 2 1s a top vplan view of the-brush showing ,the, sectionsseparated to disclose the. toilet articlesv and the :manner in whichthey arepheldainplace. a

1 Figs;..3 and/L are sectional views taken on the-, planesof the linesspectively of .Fig. 2.;

ance,likebrushesicommonlyused. I have conceived of the. idea ofconstructing, the head, and handleportion of the brush" of separablesections v1 and 2 of corresponding 1 Shape; these sectionsbeing hinged ior other- Wise connected together as indicated at 3, and thefirst-namedesection being equipped plurality .'.of comparatively"shallow recesses tion; While I- have shown-and I described thisparticular arrangement for-the recesses,

I .wish it-.to be understood that they are not ;,to be. restricted tothis relative positioning. 7

A careful examination-ofthese recesses will disclose the fact that eachone is shaped to conform to the outline-ofthe object or toilet art1cle5whichis to be placed-therein. At

this point,- I Wish to state that since various .kindsof toiletarticles. or other implements may beplaced within there'cesses bysim'plyvarying the shape'of the latter, I deem it unnecessary to refer tothe'particular types :of articles or. implements shown and the numeral 5is therefore employed to designate one or all of the articles. A furtherexamination of the recesses will disclose the fact that each one isformed at one of its ends with an undercut 6 which provides a.

shoulder 6 beneath which the adjacent end of the toilet 'article'isadapted to extend. The other ends of the articles are held in therecesses by pivoted latches or fasteners 7 and the latter, ifdesired,-have arranged on their opposite side, stops 7 to limit theirmovement in opposite directions and to at all times retain them in aposition where they can be quickly and easily engaged with the toiletarticle'with which they are intended to meet. In order to permit the twosections of the brush to swlng into a close engagement with one another,the variousrecesses are made sufficiently deep to cause the outer facesof the toilet articles to lie flush with the face of the section inwhich the recesses are formed. Furthermore, the

cover section is formed in its inner face 1 with a number of pockets orother recesses 8 to receive the latches 7 or other projections on thefirst named section. Sincethevarious articles are'flush with the innerface of the section 1, it would be necessary to pry them,

by means of a suitable instrument, out of the recesses in order touse'them. 'Toover'come" this disadvantage and to render my devlce moredesirable and effective, I arrange flat springs 9 in the bottoms of thevarious re-- cesses 4 and permit the free ends of these springs .to bearagainst the under faces of the toilet articles as better shown in Fig.3. ':20

Hence, it will be seen that as soon as a latch is released, the springacting on the'article held'by that latch, will automatically eject V[the article from the recessso that the article can be gripped andremoved forfuse. may be added that by exerting spring pressure on thearticle, the'endsof the latter coacting with the latches will} beartightly against said latches to prevent them from ac- ;cidentallyswingingon their pivots and permit accidental displacement ofthearticles when the sections 1 and 2 are swung open.-

This advantage gives thesprings an additional and importantfunction.While on ,the, description of the bristle-carrying section 1', I deemit'advisable to point out that the'handle portion thereof isequippednear its free end, with a recess 10 for reception of a powder containeror the like, and that this-recess is .closed by a sliding plate 11.

Referring now to the cover section 2, it.

[ willbeseen that it is equipped on its inner face'with a mirror 12 andis equippedwith a suitable spring-pressed 'latch-13qfor co-- action withthe 63 6:1 15 on the section '1. To assist in retaining the section in aclosed, osition, that is in the position disclosed in. ig. 1 I may makeuse of additional locking imeans in the form ofa pivoted-hook 15' andheaded stud 16, these being carried by the handle portion .of the twosections. 1 wish it to be understood. that the locking means for holdingthe sections closed, may vary in design.

A careful consideration of the description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings is thought to be sufiicient to enable thej'readerto obtaina clear understanding of the same. Therefore, a more lengthyand detailed description is deemed unneces- SaIy. I r .w

I claim:-; r 1. A brush of'the type described comprisingseparablehingedly connected sections shaped to form the head and handle,one of said sections having bristles on its outer face and having" aplurality"of recesses formed in its inner face, each of said recesse'sbeing shaped to receive a toilet article and havin its wall undercut atone end to form a shou der,=beneath' whichone end of thearticleextends-and is held, fasteners secured tothe aforesaid innerfacenear the opposite ends ofthe recesses, being adapted to engage thearticlesand'holdthem' in the 'recesses,= -and springsin the latter toautomatically eject thearticles from the recesses when the fasteners arereleased.-

-2.- A brush head and handle ma'de upfiof hingedlyconnected-separablesections corresponding inshape, one of said sections being which one endof thearticlesare to extend,,.

pivoted latches cooperativewith the other ends of thearticlesyand flatsprings in the bottoms'of the recesses to automatically-eject thearticles therefrom when the latches'are released. 2

i In testimony whereof I have hereuntoi'set my hand. I

. 1 GARABED OHANIAN.

